I love you Benson, but you’re bringing me down. How long since my last show there? It’s been weeks…

That said, it looks like it’s going to be another O’Leaver’s weekend. Hottest show of the next three days is tonight at the House that Booze Built. Eli Mardock celebrates the release of his debut, Everything Happens for the First Time (Paper Garden, 2013). This one is a loooong time coming. Hear Nebraska has the skinny on the new record right here. I like it. Opening is The Kickback and John Larson Guitar. $5, 9:30 p.m.

Then it’s back to O’Leaver’s Saturday night for John Klemmensen and the Party. Opening is La Guerre (which is Katlyn Conroy of Lawrence band Cowboy Indian Bear) and All Young Girls are Machine Guns. $5, 9:30 p.m.

Also Saturday night, We Live in Sod Houses returns to The Barley Street with Ronnys and Weather Rest. $5, 9 p.m.